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Established 1837. B RITANNIA LIF E ASSURANCE COMPANY 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet. cap. 9. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted. ANDREW FRANCIS, Sec.etary. THEINDEPENDENT FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited). Capital One 3lillio Stirling, in 40,000 Shares of £25 each. £1 per Snare to be paid on application, and £l. 10s. per Share on allotment. Calls not exceeding £1 per Share, at intervals of not less than Three Months. -------- DIRECTORS. John Downes, Esq. (Messrs. Downes and Scott), Upper Thames-street, Director of the National Provincial Marine Insurance Company. George Haines, Esq., Merchant, 36, Lombard. street. John Ingledew, Eeq , Cambridge House, Lee Park, Kent. William Knight, E. q. (Messrs. William Knight and co.), 83 ' Lombard-atreet. Henry Ledgard, Esq , Forest-hill, Kent. George S. Symons, Esq. .(Messrs, G. S. Symons and Co.), 20 and 21, St. Lunstan s-hill. John E. Tibbs, Esq. (Messrs. J, E. Tibbs and Son), Threadneedle-street, Director of the Staffordshire Roll ing Stock Company. James Lunham, Esq. (Messrs. James Lunham and Co.), 231, High-street, Borough. Jabez Voss, Esq. (Messrs. Voss, Meek, and Co.), Billiter square. Walter Brodie, Esq., 13. Delamereoterrace, Hyde-park, late Member of the House of Representatives, New Zealand. (Influential names in Manchester and Liverpool will be immediately added to the Direction.) BANKERS—The Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 79, Cornhill, E.C. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Bennett and Stark, 4, Furnival's Inn, Holborn. BROKERS—Messrs. Scruttom and Son, 81, Old Broad-street. AUDITORS—Messrs. Cash and Edwards, Public Accountants, 13, T o kenhouse-yard, E.C. GENERAL AND RESIDENT MAVAGEB- - Mr. Robert Steers. SECRETARY—Mr. George Drew Hodges. TEMPORARY OFFICES-48, Lombard .street. This Company has for its purpose the transaction of the important and remunerative business of Fire Insurance, and that only, to the exclusion of other branches of busi ness not unusually associated with it , unde r the same direc tion, and operating on one and the same eapital. The Directors are satisfied that the scope for the bust Jess of fire insurance presented by this country and its depentlencies, is, as a commercial speculation, deserving of paramount attention ; and, the contract being one terminable annually, the profits or loss arising determine in like manner, year by year, and exhibit at once a company's financial position: and its resources. While the partial remission of the fire insurance duty now in the contemplation of Government, and applicable only to the insurance of stock-in-trade, will afford a com paratively limited relief from the onereus oppression, the Directors have resolved to allow upon payment for every policy, and afterwards at each renewal, an immediate draw back, which, in many instances, will amount to a total ex • tinction of the entire duty of three shillings per cent. To the public at large, and to the greater proportion of the manufacturing and mercantile community, this arrange ment will prove a highly acceptable advantage. The draw back allowed by a few of the older offices by way of per tentage on premiums, at intervals of years, is of im portance only to those who are rated at premiums ranging chhtly from one guinea per cent, upwards, and is partici pated in only by those who may have premiums to be re newed at the period of the making of these returns ; whereas by the principle adopted by this Company, the owners of the classes of risk of the more ordinary occurrence, are they who will be the more substantially and at the same time promptly benefited. The concession to be thus made to the public will cer tainly be the means not only of increasing in their respec tive amounts insurances now existing, but of multiplying to a very large extent the number of insurance contracts in this country and its colonial connections. The insurable property in this kingdom alone, including its enormous and increasing importations arising from the wise interchange of tariffs, is believed to approximate to £5,000,060,000, whereas £1,300,000,000 only is insured ; thus leaving nearly three-fourths of the insurable amount altogether unprotected from loss. It would be difficult to find any class of investments which has yielded such large profits as the shares of well-con ducted fire offices. The shares of the older offices have in creased in value immensely, being, in one case, at a pre mium of about 1,300, and in another of nearly 2,000 per cent. on the sums originally paid up. The increased value of the shares of offices established within the last 20 years stands at from 80 to 200 per cent. It is under these circumstances, and considering the im mense field presented for operations to come, that the direc tors have taken advantage of so favourkble an opportunity to offer to the public the benefits of the principle or business now adopted by them ; and they have every reason to believe that by its special feature and the public support which that must necessarily invite the undertaking will speedily be productive of the best monetary results. The executive will be entrusted to officers of tried experi ence in the business of fire insurance, and the directors have already matured arrangements for the immediate establish ment of five hundred agencies. The directors desire to give the most unqualified assur ance to the public that nothing of the nature of frivolous objections to prompt and liberal settlement of claims for compensation will ever be entertained or countenanced by them. Forms cf application for shares may be had at the offices of the Company, or of the Brokers, Bankers, or Solicitors. In the event of no allotment being made, the deposit will be returned in full. FORA OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Independent Fire Insurance Company, Limited. Gentlemen,—Having paid to your the sum of , being a deposit of £; r er share on shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number; and I agree (aecoraing to the form prescribed by the Articles of AssoMation) to accept such shares, or any lees number you may allot me, to pay £1 lus. p r share on allotment, and to execute the Articles of Association when required ; an i I request that my name may be placed on the Register of Shareholder for the shares eo allotted. Name in full Residence Profession or business Date MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, TO-NIGHT, at Eight, in THE Y nAIM I t). To conclude, last taw times, with Mr. JOHN PARRY'S DESCRIPTION of MKS. RO3ELEAF'S LITTLE EVENING PARTY. ROYAL GALLERY of ILLIITTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Every Evening. (except Saturday), at Eight. Thursday and Saturday After noons at Three. JESSY LEA.—Every Tuesday Morning, at Three, and every Saturday Evening, at Eight. Stalls can new be secured. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day, and Satarday. Signor Wachtel—Signor Graziani—Herr Schmid. THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), 19th of April, w , ll be performed, for the second time this season, Rossini's grand opera, GUGLIELMO TELL. Mal tide, Mdlle. Marie Battu ;' Guglielmo Tell, Signor Graziani, his 2d appearance in that character; Jemmy, Madame Ruderadorif; Mel th ‘l, Signor Polonini ; Walter. Herr Schmid; Ge sler, Signor Tag,lialico ; Un Pescatore, Signor Neri- araldi ; and Arnoldo, Signor Wachtel, his 2d appearance in that character in England. Conductor, Mr. Costa. La Tyroltenne w.ll be danced by Mdlle. Salvioul, Mdlle. Carmine, and Mdlle. Navarre. Commence at half past Eight. _ Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre eta Is, 10s. 6d., 75., and 55. ; amphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the tnea,re, which is open from ten to five, and a; the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs, Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENENG, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. Atter which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shakspere's Chnnicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. The cast will include impersonations by those emintAt trtists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. A ddisor , , Mr. Ryder, Mr. Itobert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, M ss Rcse Leclercq, And Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Com pany. • COncludlng with MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS, 711HEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, April 19, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN': Messrs. Sothem, Bnckstone, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, Rill, Barth, Snowden, &c. Alter which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Win. Farrel], Coe, &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nelly Power, Hill, Wright, Rogers, &c. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Leaee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. ...To conclude with, 22d time, a new Farce, by J. M. Morton, 41 4, entitled DRAWING-ROOM. SECOND FLOOR. AND Af t P, RoyAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Pechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with 'nix DAY AFTER THE FAIR: Messrs. Width combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. A Ater DEMONi which, at Eig ht o'clock, the 135th Night of BEL o , a Love Chron i c le Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stndhara "Italianl ." Principal characters by Messrs.e Jordan, Charles J. Brougham, Emery, Morton, Raymond, morwead, Smith, Clifford, Oollett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is ;made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either foz p l a y bills or for the Bate keeping of hats and cloaks, ar d taat the attendants in all receive any gratuities whatever. Parts of the house are forbidden to Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. mg. FECHTER b' gs in annonnes that the whole profits of the First Night's Representa ion of Hamlet will be divided between the SHAK SPEARE COMMIT TEE and the D RAMATIC COLLEGE SCHOOLS FUND. Mr. FECHTER'S indisp lotion pre venting the prOduetiOe of Hamlet on the Evenin - 4 of he 23d, the LYCEUM THEATRE will be closed that night. ,NTEW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.- Bola Proprietor and Msnacrer, m t .. .. T., _... ebster .. Mr. J. THIS EVENING, ICI ON FABLE pRA NCAIS L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. BilWigton, a n d Bliss K.Tielly. At 8, LEAH: Miss Bateman, gmPlY)rted b y 3le3srs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart , E burae, —. F.t. ePhenson Miss . Simms and Mrs. Billington. To emaelude with Tilt: AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, tt. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATE MA N.—L E A 11.-1111 b VEXING and EVERY E VENT Na—Miss Bateman will re-appear in her great impersonation •of the Jewish maiden .until further notice. In order , o give due effect to tois most remarkable succe,ss of the se .son, ea' freT new seineby the eelebrat?h art i s t s M essrs . 'Janson and loons, and T hompson. New drcss..s and appo utmerte have been prepare 1 for its production.—N, K. In consequence of the , res sing and numerous applications at the Isox-offix, ar ‘tsgements have now been made by which Seats In ly b 3 Ob a Fortnight In Advance. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. fins DAY.—Morning, 12h. 27m.—Afternoon, ]2h. 68m. ro-moßßow.-Morning, lh. 6m.—Afternoon, lh. 26m. 4 11. , eku.-00 LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1864. Whenever the Government have been pressed very hard by the Opposition, of late, they have yielded. In order to induce them to yield, however;the pres sure has required to ba exceedingly hard indeed. So hard that it has been at moments painful merely to contemplate. Very recently, for example, no less than three members of the Administration—what one at least among those ex-colleagues of Lord PALMERSTON would speak of with a sort of MICAW BER hesitation of ostentatious modesty as—a-hem ! —" Ministers of the Crown," in point of fact—no less than three of these Ministers of the Crown have vary recently been driven so hard by the Opposi• tion as, very reluctantly on their own part and on the part of their more important colleagues, to be ousted from any share whatever in the Govern ment. There is no getting over the fact that it is so. And, equally, there is no denying the force of the deduction consequent upon its being so—that it is a sign of extreme weakness on the part of the Government. It is all nonsense, at the same time, in regard to any one of these occur• rences, to talk, as politicians have been accustomed to talk hitherto, at similar party crises about these things being simply attes tations of the spitefulness of a factions Opposition. Look at any one of the three resignations of office here referred to, and say whether anything of the kind can be really and seriously insisted upon as the true explanation. Mr. STANSFELD'S withdrawal tO a back bench from that front bench where he occupied a position of such disproportionate prominence as to bit actually side by side with the Prime Minister of England Mr. STANSFELD'S with drawal at last very reluctantly to that back bench, was a concession made at the eleventh hour not to the Opposition, but to the Public Opinion which he had been so flagrantly outraging. There can be no question whatever about that. For, otherwise, what upon earth could have induced the Prime Minister, and so chivalrous a Prime Minister too, as Lord PALMERSTON, to accept to-day, the very resignation of his subordinate, he had so peremp torily declined to accept only yesterday ? Had he not previously intimated, as much, with a haughty frankness of manner that won cheers from his .upport .rs—so grandly it sounded at the time when he talked about taking the entire respensi .bility of the proceeding upon himself! That, it will be remembered, was immediately before the Easter Vacation. Afterwards a few trifling additional particulars, documents, aLd so forth [Ah ! that wretched truth about litera seripta Inanet !] had come out during the recess, again, as it oddly hap pened,in oae of the imperial law courts in Paris—and so—and so—what was not to he thought of imme diately before the Vacation was announced as having been done immediately after the Vaca tion. Mr. STANSFELD hai tendered his resig nation, and Lord PALMERSTON had accepted it. Now, it is only fair and right to remem ber, in regard to the Opposition in this matter— to remember of the factious Opposition that is charged with the responsibility of having brought it all about—that between the two incidents referred to, that is to say between Lord PALMERSTON S ostentatiously taking upon himself the responsi bility of retaining his colleague (M. MAZZINI'S in timate friend and injudicious letter-receiver) and Lord PALMERSTON'S subsequently ac ceptance of Mr. STANSFELD'S tardy, but by that time, inevitable resignation—the Opposition had really and truly not raided a finger—the Opposition had not breathed one single syllable. They were evidently going to, if yon like. But they hadn't done so—nay, for that matter, they hadn't had the opportunity of doing so. The intervening between the two incidents of the Easter holidays, precluded them from doing so, for the very simple but sufficient reason that Par liament was not then sitting. Directly Parliament was going to resume its sittings, immediately after the Vacation, they evidently were going to move, and that, too, rather decidedly, in the matter, Hence—from a knowledge of this—Mr. STANS FELD'S anticipatory resignation. Hence—for the self same reason—Lord PALMERSTON'S acceptance of it, on second thoughts ! Concessions, these--not to the Opposition, but to that Public Opinion which it was felt certain by Lord PALMERSTON, by Mr. STANSFELD, by every member of the Go vernment, big or little, would infallibly be pro nounced against them as the consequence of any adverse movement in this matter taken by the Opposition, For, what, in point of fact, would have been those certain aonsequences The defeat of Ministers upon any new division (after such very ugly supplementary documents had been brought to light in Paris daring the holidays) the certain defeat of Ministers upon any new division in the House of Commons in re- gard to M. MAzziNfs intimate personal friend, must inevitably have led, thereupon, to the dissolution of Parliament. And a nice cry, certainly, it would have been to go to the country upo..--" Nazi xx, R OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY PRES r.RVER. Atter which, the I a cony S , ene from ROMEO AND ,JULIET. sii ses Swanborough and Wilton. Followed by the Fifth Act of DI DSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Concluding with the Great Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYoIUE • Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton ; Oles dames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, ezo. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Re-engagement of those celebrated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. —The greatly successful new Comedy every Evening. THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. F. Robinson and Miss Hercert. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Bucking,ham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LINING: Mr. 4 harles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague; Mrs Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and :qrs. Stirling. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and Miss A. Cottrell. Commence at 7. BONNEVS SILKS a LYON.--Every Article of commerce takes Its title either from the inventor or manufacturer. and the more perfect the production the grater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identiflca Lion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex. posed by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., it, Lyon e a Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 265. per ton. Double ..21s. per ton. Top 255. „ Nuts. l9s. „ Deep 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park road, W., and i 7, South Wharf, ,Paddington, W. Best Coke lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. f iHE THIRD EDITION OF " SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, San be had Every Evening of G. R. GLIsNIR, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, April 19, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.20. Wind—S.W.; moderate breeze, and very fine. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1864. arias FLOWER, and Secret Letter Writing !" To say nothing at ail about—Daggers—Blood Money— Conspiracies—Assassination—and so forth. No— it is simply idle, it is simply absurd and ridiculous to talk about Mr. STANSFELD'S resignation, and Lord PALMERSTON'S acceptance of it, as the result of any mere factiousness on the part of the Opposi tion. The incident was—to express the fact a little more truthfully—a prudent yielding, at last, on the part of the Government, before the terror of that Public Opinion that was felt and known (upon second thoughts) to be at the back of the Opposition. A Tory Opposition, if you will, or, at any rate, a Conservative Opposition, but, at the least, an English Opposition, not a Mazzinian Opposition. And, so in the matter of those two other resig nations, Mr. LOWE'S and Mr. CHICHESTER FOR TESCUE'S. These also are concessions extorted from the reluctant Government by exceedingly hard pressure on the part of the Opposition —a pressure, it is true, only partly brought to bear—but threaten ing to become excessively formidable. The Go• vernment, in each instance, yielding, under ail this hard pressure—not to the Opposition, bat to the irresistible force of the Public Opinion that was felt to be at the back of it. Not a more unpopular man held office under the Crown than Mr. LOWE. And the fact of his unpopularity was a thing notorious. Why, for that matter, time has been down in his own borough when he has been nearly stoned to death ! He has the knack, somehow,of treading upon people's corns in a manner the most excruciatingly offensive. And hence, they come to like him so very much ! Why, we hesitate not to say that_the personal un popularity of Mr. LOWE has for a long while past been as prevalent on one side of the house es upon the other—that it is up to this hour as intense and unmistakeable outside the House as in it. His career as an administrator has been one succes sion of defeats. And the defeat he has had at length to endure at the hands of Lord ROBERT CECIL has been such that very shame has at last constrained the unpopular Minister to tender his resignation. That resignation Lord PALMERSTON has thought proper to accept. The noble lord protests, while doing so, that if the House could have only heard before the late division the explanations given by his ex-colleague last even ing, it would have come to an entirely different conclusion. If so—why not have tried it ? If so —why accept the resignation when tendered, why not fight it out, why not stand by your ill treated colleague ? Why ? Simply because Public Opinion is against Mr. LOWE as President of the Educational Board, far more than the Opposition is against him. Meanwhile, in the matter of the resignation just now of the Under-Secretary of State, Mr. CHICHESTER FORTESQUE —that has been consequent, no doubt, upon the very hard pressure brought to bear against the Government by the Opposition, nay, indirectly by the right hon. gentle man the leader of the Opposition—but it is at the same time a concession resulting from the Mini sters' own violation of the rules of the House of Commons, those sacred rules that are part and par cel of our Constitution —not a concession resulting from the factiousness of the Opposition. But, while it is precisely as we have said in all these instances —the incidents referred to are at the same time point blank indications of blundering and weakness on the part of the Government. There are few more distressing accidents that occur in domestic life than those which ensue from poisonous mixtures being taken by mistake. The shock which such a calamity must cause to the relatives must be great indeed, and it is quite time that some very stringent measures be adopted to ensure more care and caution on the part of che mists and their assistants. We are constantly hearing and reading of such cases, and it seems truly lamentable that all this suffering and sorrow should accrue from what must be called, looked at what way we will, most culpable negligence on the part of those who make up the prescriptions. Lately there has occurred at Liverpool a must dis tressing instance of this kind. Mr. LINQARD, a tradesman in that city, had been suffering from a cold in his eye, and having received a prescription from a doctor he sent it to a chemist's to be made up. A part of the medicine was a powder, and after taking this the deceased expired in great agony, and appeared as if he had been poisoned. This was the fact, and Dr. EDWARDS, the analy tical chemist, deposed that there had been sufficient strychnine to cause death. It was attempted to be shown that great care was employed in the establishment where the poison was given by mis take to prevent accidents by keeping the bottles that contained any poisonous and dangerous con tents on different shelves and using coloured bottles. However, it afterwards transpired that this powder in question, " James's Powder," which had been prescribed by Dr. NOTTINGHAM, was on the same shelf as the strychnine bottle. This is of itself sufficient to prove that great negligence is displayed by those who have the care of these dangerous compounds and made up medicines. This is no isolated case, it is one that is constantly occurring, and no warnings seem to produce impression enough to contribute to salutary reform. The jury, in this instance, have returned a verdict of manslaughter, and it is to be hoped that the stringent course they have adopted will be a warning to all in similar positions of trust and responsibility. Also the jury made a presentment to the effect " that there might be a better arrangement of the bottles than that at present adopted by CLAY and ABRA.- HAM." This recommendation applies to all those whose establishments furnish examples of heedless. ness in this important branch of their department. It would seem strange, at first sight, that risk to themselves and great danger to others should be in curred by chemists and their assistants, rather than employ a needful caution and exercise a due vigi lance. When a little consideration has been given to the subject, however, it will be found that pretty much the same occurs in all classes and ranks, and throughout all the various departments of business. Use and custom make all things familiar, and the assistant who at first may be nervous at the task of managing the details of a business which makes him dispense and deal with deadly poisons will soon become accustomed to the thing, and be quite at his ease in arranging the matters which are to others concerns of grievous anxiety. When we remember, however, that life and death hang in the balance, and that the happi ness or misery of many families may depend upon his exercising a due amount of caution, it is a matter of regret that so much haste is used, and so much carelessness allowed in the dispensation of medicines. Some years since a lady sent to a chemist for a black draught for her child, and one assistant called out to another for it. In the confusion of the moment the second thought he asked for " black drop," and accordingly gave that. The first one put the wrcng label on the deadly mixture, and the result of course was fatal. This constant recurrence of fearful calamities seems to point out that more should be done than has ever yet been attempted to ensure the proper exercise of care and caution. It surely cannot be so impossible to make rules end regulations to guard against the fatal blunders that are constantly being made; and if some attention was paid to this most important question by the authorities, it would be the means of ensuring a far greater amount of attention on the part of the heads of establishments. 11,ey should be more particular in their choice of assistants, and not retain in their service those who are guilty of negligence or careless habits. Until all those concerned in the making up and dispensing of medicines will adopt some new system of management, and rigidly enforce obe dience from all their employes, it is ;idle to expect that any great or permanent benefit will be gained, or any sure protection afforded to those whose lives are at the mercy of a moment's want of thought. Nothing can be worse than the manner in which things are now managed in many chemist's establishments; and, sad as it is for the individual concerned in this painful matter at Liverpool, it is to be trusted that this last fatal evidence of the effects of heedlessness will prove a warning to those who are concerned in similar avocations. The authorities, also, should endeavour to do something in the way of enactment, in order to prevent as much as possible the likelihood of a similar calamity occurring. No one oan say that there has not been ample cause given for the introduction of a remedy o guard against the danger and distress of the pre sent system, The London Conference, (From the Times Vienna Correspondent) VIENNA, April 16. In the sitting held by the German Diet on the 13th inst., the following matters were satisfactorily dis posed of i-1. The members of the Ehgerer Rath (Smaller Council) unanimously resolved to send a delegate to the London Conference. 2. Baron von Benet, the Saxon Minister President, was elected, by 14 " voices" out of 16, to represent the Ger manic Confederation. The minority of two was formed by Bavaria and Brunswick. 3. The mo tien of the Bavarian Minister von der Pfordten —the originator of the complicated and unedifying Schleswig-Holstien question—that Baron Brunt should be specially charged to uphold the claims of the Duke of Augustenburg, was rejected by a majority of 14, which deems it advisable to give none but general instructions to the representative of the Bund. M. von Beust goes pro forma to Frankfort, and on his arrival there he will be told by his constituents to uphold the rights of the Duchies, and to claim for them administrative independence. Not long since I had an interview with a German statesman of high repete, and he expressed to me his conviction that ultimately " Earl Russell's idea" will be adopted by all the mediating Powers. On my inquiring what he meant, my interlocutor produced a map of Den mark, and traced with his forefinger an imaginary line from Kiel to Husum. After a slight pause he drew another line from Eckenforde to Schleswig and Husuni, and then one from Flensburg to Ton dern. "If the Prussians," said he, "get pos session of the fortifications at Dybbol, we shall lay claim to the line from Eekernforde to Husum, and if tbey take the Island of Alsen, it is not unlikely that we shall want to include Flensburg in the Federal territory." To my remark, that the Germans were in a minority in almost all the places and districts to the north of Schleswig, no reply was given. The French Government ie said to have relinquished the idea of proposing to the Powers to introduce the plebiscite into the Duchies; and if such should prove to be the case a great weight will be taken off the mind of M. von Schmerling. If the Galician Poles were asked whetleer they should better like to be the subjects of an independent King of Poland than to remain under the sceptre of the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, they would hardly fail to reply that they should prefer being ruled over by a monarch of their own choosing. For obvious reasons such matters are rarely touched on by writers for the Austrian press, but oae of them to day observes that none of the German Sovereigns can possibly feel admiration " for an institution which is of ultra-democratic origin." Baron von Biegeleben, the second representative of Austria in the Conference, went to Berlin last night, and it is understood that be and M. von Bolan, the second representative of Prussia, will leave together for London in the evening of Monday, the 18th inst. It was at first proposed that the German Diet should send two delegates to the Conference, but ultimately it was resolved to let Baron Beust, who thoroughly understands the merits of the question at issue, go to London alone. At 1 o'clock on Thursday last the Emperor of Mexico received two deputations at Miramar, and an hour later he and the Empress Charlotte went on board the Navara. When their majesties had ascended the side of the vessel which was to convey them to their new empire the guns of the Bellona fired a salute, and immediately afterwards the sig nal for departure was given. As his Majesty stood on deck he looked wistfully at his Castle of Mira mar, and the eyes of his talented and amiable, but very ambitious, coma were long turned in the same direction. A few minutea before the Emperor Maximilian quitted his native country he, by means of the electric telegraph, bade farewell to the inha bitants of this City. The Novara was accompanied by the Imperial yacht FAntasie, by the French frigate Tnemis, and by six large steamers belonging to the Austrian Loyd Company. The Viennese knew very little of the Archduke Ferdinand Maxi miliau, as he generally lived in the southern part of the empire, but they are a kindhearted people, and doubtless have mentally wished him and his consort " God speed." The Austro-Mexican Body-guards are to be attired in buckskins and jack-boots, scarlet coats with silver cords and epaulets, and silver helmets. The Imperial adjutants will wear green coats with silver cords and epaulets, and a plumed hat. Before he left Trieste, the new Em. peror gave the Mexican order of Guadaloupe to several perso ns w h o h a d di splaye d a kindly feeling towards him and been active in his service. The Austrians are very wroth that such great attention is paid to Garibaldi in London, but the writers in the official papers put a good face on the matter, and express a hope that a damp climate and strong wines will produce no bad effect on the health of the hero of Aspromonte. It is here firmly believed that the French Govern- ment will try to persuade the members of the Lou- don Conference to express their opinions in respect ,o Poland. The weather is u nusua ll y co ld, and the trees are still leafless. Thi s morn i ng the mercury in Real], mur's thermometer was but one degree above the :reezing point. SIX PERSONS DROWNED.—The Inverness Courier reports a painful occurrence which happened a few days ago, near one of the Coiglach Summer Isles. Two fishing boats, each containing six persona, left Scoraig, Little Lochbroom, to fetch Beware, for manuring purposes, from the adjoining islands. The water was found to be high, with little ware within reach, and one of the boats returned home. The other remained till the tido would recede, but it is believed that it foundered, and that the crew was drowned. A day or two afterwards portions of the missing boat were found on one of the smallest islands of the group. LIFEBOAT SEKVICES.—SOUTHWOLp, SUFFOLK, Monday Night.—At about 10 a.m. on Saturday two of the fishing boats were observed to be making for the shore, upon which a heavy surf was beating. The wind was blowing very strong from 5.5.8., and there was a heavy sea running on the shoal. Finding it impossille that the boats could land, the Southwold lifeboat of the National Institution was at once launched, and was fortunately suc cessful in bringing the two fishing boats and their crews safely ashore at about 12 a.m. The lifeboat behaved ex tremely well on this occasion. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.- - Lord Redesdale has laid before the House of Lords a till to enable joint stock companies carrying on business on board to have an official seal to be used in a foreign country by an agent ap pointed for th' purpose. Mr D. Griffith's Bill before the House of Commons 1, :oposes to provide that when a poll is demanded at a joint-stock company's meeting a voting paper shall be sent to every shareholder, and time allowed (at least six days) for him to depute some other shareholder to deliver the voting paper at the poll. DESPATCH OF THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, April 18,—The Royal Mail Company's steamship Atrato, Capt. Woolley, sailed hence to-day, at 3 p.m., with the mails for the British and foreign West Indies, the Pacific, California, Central Ame rica, &o. Amongst the passengers are Chief Justice Sharpe, Capt. Wise, Lieutenant Cooper, Surgeon ITDermott, for J3arbadoes. LATEST INTELLIGENCE LRETJTER'S TELEGRAMS.] TEE PRUSSIAN LOSS IN THE ASSAULT UPON DUPPEL. GRAVENSTEIN, APRIL 19 (Morning). The Prussian loss in killed and wounded in yes terday's assault upon Duppel, amounts to 2 generals, 60 officers, and 600 privates. The Prussians captured 83 cannon and many Danebrags. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, APRIL 18 The Emperor of Austria has adjourned the Inter national Exhibition, which was to have taken place in 1866 at Vienna. The reasons given for this step are, firstly, bcanso the political state of affairs in every quarter has prevented industrial develop• meet; secondly, because Austria is in a transitory state, as regards her general commercial policy, and in her position towards th 9 Z3llverein; and, lastly, on account of the International Exhibition in Paris, which is to be held about the same time. ROME. APRIL 18 (Evening). • The Emperor of Mexico has arrived here. His reception was brilliant. An immense crowd was assembled at the railway station. The French re gimental bands performed as he passed through the streets. The Emperor is staying at the Peals Mares chotti. SPAIN. MADRID, APRIL 18 (Evening) Proposed Purchase of .a Permanent Income for Garibaldi, MEETING THIS DAY. A meeting of a few friends of General Garibaldi wes held this morning at Stafford House, for the purpose of considering the propriety of presenting General Garibaldi with a substantial testimonial of the approval of his friends in England. Amongst those present were the Duke of Sutherland, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Eirl of Harrowby, Lord Taunton, Sir F. Goldsmidt, C. Seely. Esq., M.P. ; D. Rrbertson, of Lady kirk, M.P.; G. Moore, Eeq.; W. Gore Langton, Esq., M.P.; A. W. Dunlop, Eq., MP. ; R. Dalgiish, M.P.; the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P. ; Sir Morton Peto, Bart,, M.P. ; W. E. Foster, Es., M.P. ; J. Howard, Esq., Mayor of Bedford ; Alderman Mechi; Irving Hare, E 1 .., &J., &a. After a few preliminary observations from some of the noblemen present, The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved the following resolution : " That this meeting is of opinion that Generai Garibaldi ought not to be allows d to leave England without some substantial token of the profound admiration felt by all classes throughout the United Kingdom for his unselfish patriotism and disinterested services in the cause of freedom." Mr, C. SEELEY seconded the resolution, which, on being put by the chairman, was carried unani• mously. Lord HARROWBY then moved the next resolution, namely, " That a fund be raised for the purpose of procuring a permanent income to General Garibaldi and to his family afer him." Mr. W. E. FOSTER, M.P., seconded the resolu tion, which, like the former,, was carried unani mously. The Opposition journals strongly support the proposal of Senor Salaverria to negociate the bonds given by the purchasers of national proFerty. The Government denies having had any idea of appointing General Lersundi Captain General of Santo Domingo, and at present intends to maintain General Gandara in that post. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 19, The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Germania, from New York on the sth inst., has arrived off Netley Hospital. She is awaiting orders before proceeding to Hamburg, in consequence of Danish ships being off the mouth of the Weser. She brings 35 bags of mails, 35 passengers for Southampton, and 71 for Hamburg. No specie. On the sth she spoke the Bremen ships Colum bia and Victoria, and an English ship showing the third D.P. 9,400; on the 14th inst., the English bark Gientill, and on the 16th the English bark Quebec. Her news has been anticipated. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 18.—The Emperor's letter pub lished by the Monateur, and the announcement of the reduction to be made in the registration dues, have produced a very great effect, and prices have agei❑ made an immense stride upwards. Threes, for the Account, after having been done at 681 r., are now firm at 67fr. 65c. Mobilier have advanced to 1,295 f. The Railway Market has been similarly acted on, and most of the lines are quoted higher. The quotations closed as fol lows :- 41 per Cents .. 94 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 55 Credit Mobilier 1270 Do. end month 1280 Bank Shares 3300 Credit koneier 1320 Roman 'ltalian Loan 7O Do. end month 69 40 New ditto ** Do. end month.... Russian Austrian Spanieh Threes — from., Debt Deferred tIALLWAY , 6. Cash. Account. 900 ~ 902 50 983 75 .. 980 -- Orleans Northern ... • New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern Sariiinian Austrian Lonbard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 955 - .. 965 -- 902 50 .. - - 650 - .. 685 - 500 - 506 - 485 - - - 375 - .. 375 - 422 50 .. 427 50 562 u 0 .. 567 50 500 - .. 505 - 585 .. 587 50 280 - - Railway and Public Companies in Parliament, The committee on the proposed new Metropolitan Rail ways met the first t;me yesterday, Lord Stanley in the chair, the other members being Mr. Ingham, Lord Athluraney, Mr. Cobbett, and Mr. J. Hardy. There was a great array of counsel, Parliamentary agents, and other professional gentlemen employed. The bills before the committee were 23 in number. The chairman said the committee would first take into consideration the Great Northern (No. 1, Barnet Branch), and London, Chatham, and Dover (No. 1), and afterwards in their order of rotation the London, Brighton, and South Coast new lines (Battersea) ; Metropolitan Railway (additional powers) ; and London, Chatham, and Rraer Railway (No. 2, new lines). It would be for the convenience of all patties that this announce ment should be made, as the inquiry into these cases would no doubt occupy all the week. Counsel appearing for the promoters of the Great Northern bill were Mr. Denison, Q.C., and Mr. Davison; for the Regent's Canal Company, in opposition, Mr. R. Gurney, the Recorder, and Mr. Hope Scott, Q.O ; for the Metropolitan Railway Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., Mr. V. Harcourt, and Mr. Holway ; for the London, Chatham, and Dover Mr. Burke, Q.C., Mr. Round, and Mr. Somerset; for the Midland Railway Sir W. Alexander, Mr. Hope Scott, and Mr. Venables. There was also a petition against the bill from two shareholders, Messrs Archbutt and Pocock. Mr. Denison then at considerable length opened the case for the Great Northern Railway, stating that the principal objects of that company's rippli cation were to empower them to make a branch line of one mile 32 chains from the main line to Barnet, and an ap preach thereto to be completed in four years, to acquire land for station purposes to the westward of their goods station at King's-cross, to run over the Metropolitan Rail way between King's-cross and its Farringdon•street Ter minus, to run over the London, Chatham, and Dover be tween its junction with the Metropolitan Railway and the Crystal Palace at Sydenhaw, and the Victoria Station at Pimlico, and to agree with the London, Chatham, and Dover for the mutual use of their undertakings. The pro moters also sought power to confirm an agreement of Dec., le6o, between the Great Northern and Metropolitan Rail ways, for the use of working by the former company of their trains on the before mentioned portion of the Metro politan Railway, and for an option to the Great Northern to take on lease la❑d for a warehouse at the east of the Metropolitan Railway at Clerkenwell. For these purposes it was proposed to raise a further sum of £200,000 by new ordinary and preference sheres, and £60,000 by loan. The opposition of the Regent's Canal Company was to the con struction of a proposed bridge ever their canal, and that of other interests might be made subject matt( r of mutual accommodation and clauses. Mr. Seymour Clarke, general manager of the Great Northern Railway, was under ex amination until the committee rose. In Mr. Scholefield's committee the case for the Chertsey Extension of the Lon don and South Western Railway was concluded, and that for the proposed Staines, Egham, and Woking Junction Railway opened by Mr. Phinn, Q.C. The Perth Extension of the North British Railway still progresses in Mr. Has sard's comtnittee,who are hearing the opposing parties. The miscellaneous bills proceeding in other committees are the Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance and Globe Insurance Companies ; the Nottingham Gas and Belfast Improvement. In the committee of which Lord Wodehouse is chairman, :Mr. Hawkshaw, C.E., and other witnesses were examined in opposition to the proposed Bute Docks at Cardiff, and the case of the West London Docks and Ware houses Bill was opened by Mr. Burke, Q.C., in Earl Cath cart's committee. The object of the bill is to change the name of the undertaking to that of the Railways Junction Warehouses and Canal Company, to take additional lands, to lay down tramways, and connect them with the London and Brighton Railway at Battersea, to make working agree ments with that company and the London and North- Western, Great Western, and London, Chatham, t.nd Dover Companies, to raise in addition to their authorised share capital of £130,000, a further sum of £O,OOO, and to bor row £130,000. Sir C. Fox, the engineer, was the chief witness examined. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market firm. Sales about 6,000. Imports,l2,l4l. Previously, 83,977. Resolutions appointing the Duke of Sutherland chairman, Charles Seely, Eoq,, M.P., deputy chairman, and the Hon. Arthur Ktnnaird, M.P., treasurer of the fund, were then agreed to. A working committee, to c‘irry the above resolu tions into effect was then appointed, consisting of the chairman, deputy-chairman, the treasurer, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Samuel Morley, Esq., R, Dal gleish, Esq., M.P., and W. Gore Langton, Eoq., M.P., with power to add to their number. The following subscriptions were announced : F. Howard, Esq. Hon. A. Kinnaird 5O 0 0 W. Leaf . 105 0 0 U. Leverson, Esq. G. Langton, M.P. Samuel Morley. Sir M. Peto D. Robertson, Eoq., of Lady Kirk Duke of Sutherland .... 200 0 0 Duchess of Sutherland 52 0 0 Lord Shaftesbury .. 20 0 0 Mr. C. Bezin Mrs. Bezin Crossley, Brothers Dunlop, M.P. Mrs. Dunlop R. DAlgleish, E,q. W. F. Foster Sir F. 9oldschmid Lord Harrowby J. Howard, Esq. C. Seely, Esq. Mrs. Seeley Some other minor sums having been handed in the proceedings terminated. GARIBALDI'S HEALTH, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have seen the letter of Dr. Ferguson to the Z irnes of to-day concerning General Gari- In;des health. in which he states that it would be unsafe for his health to fulfil the engage ments he has undertaken to visit certain pro vincial I feel bound, as the physician in re gular attendance upon the General, to affirm that his health is perfectly satisfactory, and that his wound, since four or five months cicatrised, no longer requires surgical care. I make this statement with greater confidence, inasmuch as it was confirmed on the occasion of his first con. sultat:oa by Dr. Ferguson himself, and still more recently by Dr. Partridge. I am firmly convinced that the General is abl to undergo the journey without danger wnich he proposed to undertake. Dr. G. BASILE, Chirurgo del Generale Garibaldi. Departure of Garibaldi from England, We believe we can state positively that General Garibaldi will leave Englbhd on Friday next in the Duke of Sutherland's yieht for Caprera. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. ,u,.;-pic; jrnifar JIER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Aionday. The Queeu, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, drove in the grounds of the Castle this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Haig, rode on horseback. His Majesty the King of the Belgians, attended by General Count de Moerkerke, went to Clare' moat, and visited the Q teen Marie Amelie. Earl Russ Ii had an audience of the Queen. Baron de Cetto,^ Bavarian Minister, was pre seated to the Queen, at an audience, by Et iri Russell. M. de Bille, Danish Minister ; M. Quaade, En d M. Krieger, were also presented, at an audience, 13 1 Earl Russell. The King of the Belgians. The King of the Belgians, who is at present at Windsor, will take leave of her Majesty and the royal family to-day, and will proceed to Dover (311 his return to Brussels. His Mjesty will travel by a special train pro vided by the South-Esste rn R a il wa y Companii an d will arrive at Waterloo at 3.40. Then the journq will be continued by means of the Ch a ring`c" ss fine on the South-E A s tern a t L on d on -bridge, all' i Dover will be reached at a quarter to six. The King will sleep at the L rd Walden Notelt and will proceed to Ostend on Wednesday morning. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED.'--It iS understood that Prince Alfred is about to proceed on a t °tl " or cruise of several months' duration. He is to leave for Germany on the 26th, and, after paying some visits there, will proceed to the Mediterranean, where he will cruise fir about three months. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 18, PENAL SERVITUDE ACTS AMENDMENT BILL, [ln the Committee.] —Clause 4.—Amendment proposed, "at the end of the clause, to add the words if any holder of a licence granted under the said Penal Servitude Acts, or any of them, who shall be at large in the United King dom, shall fail to report himself to the chief police station of the borough or district where ho shall be on his arrival therein, and subsequently on the first day of each month, or shall change his locality without having previ, usly notified the same to the police station to which he last reported himself, he shall be deemed guilty of a misde meanour, and may be summarily convicted thereof, and his licence shall be forthwith forfeited by virtue of such conviction,'" Question put, "That those words be there added." The Committee divided—Ayes, 148; Noes, 120, AYES —l4B. Adderley, C. B. Gard, R. S. O'Brien, Sir P. Angerstein, W. Gaskell, J. M. O'Conor Don, The Annesley, Col. H. Goddard, A. L. O'Logillen, Sir C. Archdall, Capt.3l.E. Gore, J. R. 0. 0' .. eilly, Ai. W. Astell, J. H. Greene, J. Paget, C. Ayrton, A. S. Gr,gan, Sir E. Pakington, Sir J. S. Barttelot, Col. Hamilton, Lord C. Parker, Major W. Beecroft, G. S. Hardy, Gathorne Pollard Urquhart W Bentinck, G. W. P. Hardy, J. Powell, F. S. Bentinck, G. C. Hartopp, E. B. Repton, G. W. J. Blake, J. A. liassard, 31. D. Ridley, Sir M. W. Bovill, , Wm. Day, Sir J Rowley, Hon. It. T. Bramston, T. W. Heathcote, Sir W. Sclater-Booth, G. Bremridge, R. Beathcot., G. H. Scott, Lord H. Bridges, Sir B. Henuerson, J. Selwyn, C. J. Brooks, R. Henley, Lord Seymour, Danby Browne, Lord J. T. Hennessy, J. P. Shelley, Sir .1. V. Bruce, C. L. C. Holford, R. S. Sheridan, R. B. Bruce, Sir H. Hornby, W. H. Smith, Augustus Bruen, Henry Ho 5.01,, T. B. Smith, S. G. Burghley, Lord Hume, W. Smollett, P. Burrell, Sir P. 11 umphery, W. Sorties, Joseph Cargill. W. Kekewich, S. Stacpoole, W. Cartwright, Col. Kendall, N. Stanhope, J. B. Cave, S. Kerrison, Sir E. Stewart, Sir 31. It. Chapman, J. Knatchbull, W. Strome, J. 31. Cogan, W. IL Knightley, R. Sullivan, 31. Cole, Hon. H. Laird, J. Surtees, H. E. Cole, J. L. Langton, W. G. Talbot, Hon. W. C. Corry, H. L. Langton, W. H. G. Tollemache, J. H. Dickson, Col. Lefroy, A. Torrens, R. Dillwyn, Lewis L. Legh, W. J. Tottenham,Lt.-Col. Disraeli, Benjamin Liddell, Hon. H. G. Trefusis, Hon. C. H. Du Cane, C. Lovaine, Lord Turner, J. A. Duncombe, W. E. Lygon, lion. F. Turner, C. Dunne, Col. Maguire, J. F. Yandeleur, Col. Edwards, Col. Matins, R. Waldron, L. Egerton, Sir P. Manners, Lord J. Walpole, S. li. Egerton, E. C. Marsh, 31. H. Walsh, Sir J. B. Elphinstone, Sir J. 3litlord, W. T. Wairrhousc, S. Estcourt, S. Montgomery, Sir G. Wat'ington, J. Ewart, William 3100 ,H. Whiteside, J. Ewart, J. C. Morgan, C. 0. S. Winnington, Sir T. _Vane, Col. Morris, D. Wynn, C. W. W. Farquhar, Sir M. Moffitt, W. Wyvill, M. Farrer, J. Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J. Yorke, J. R. Finch, C. W. ' Mundy, William Fitzgerald, W. S. Naas, Lord Fleming, T. W. Noel, G. J. Gallwey, Sir W. P. North, Col. Hunt, G. W. Galway, Viscount Northcote, Sir S. H, Black, Adam TELLERS. NOP:S —l2O. Adair, 11. E. Floyer. J. Palmer, Sir R. Agar-Ellis, Hon. L. Foster, W. 0. Palmerston, Visct. Anson, Major Gibson, T. M. Patten, Col. W. Bagwell, J. Gilpin, C. Peacocke, G. M. Baring, Thos. Geo. Glyn, G. G. Pease, H. Barnes, T. Goldsmid, Sir F. Peel, Sir R. Barrow, W. H. Goschen, G. J. Peel, F. Bathurst, A. A. Grey, Sir G. Pennant, Col. Beaumont,Somerset Grosvenor, Earl Pilkington, James Berkeley, C. P. F. Handley, J. Powell, J. Bright, J. Hankey, Thomsan Pryse, Capt. E. L. Buchanan, W. Hay ter, Sir W. Pritchard, John Buller, J. W. Headlam, Thus. E. Proby, Lord G. L. Burke, Sir T. J. Henley, J. Pugh, D. Bury, Viscount Herbert, H. A. Ramsden, Sir J. W. Butler, C. S. Ilibbert, J. T. - Ricardo, 0. Butt, Isaac Hodgkinson, G. Robartes, T. J. A. Cardwell, Rt. Ern. E. Butt, W. Robertson, 1). Carnegie,Hn. C. Ingham, R. Russell, A. J. E. Castlerosse, Vist. Johnstone, Sir J. Russell, F. W. Cholmeley, Sir M. King, Hon. P. St. Aubyn, J. Clay, James Kinglake, A. W. Salomons,A , derMan Clifton, Sir R. Kinglake, Serj. j. Seely, C. Clive, George Kingscote, Col. Smith, Abel Cobbett, J. M. Kna - tchbull-Hugess Stuart, Col. Collier, Sir R. P. Layard, A. 11. Thornhill, W. P. Colthurst, Sir G. Lawson, W. Tracy, lion. C. Cowper, Hon. W.F. Lefevre, G. J. S. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C. Cox, W. Lewis, Harvey Vvner, Reginald Crawford, H. W. Locke, John Walter, John Dalglish, Robert Mainwaring, T. Whitbread, S. Davey, it. Martin, P. W. White, Jas. Denman, G. Martin, J. White, L. Dent, John Dent Miller, T. Williams, W. Duff, R. Mills, J. It. Wood, Sir C. Enfield, Viscount Moffatt, George Woods, Henry Evans, T. W. Neate, C. Wy ld, James I , :win:2:, 11. E. C. North, F. Wyndham, Hon. P. Fenwick, Henry Padmore, R. TELLER 6, Fenwiek, E. M. Paget, Lord A. Brand, H. B. Viulay, A. 5, Fact, Lvrd C. E. Dunbar, Sir Wra. The Princesses Helena and Louise came to L° l3 " don last evening, attended by Lady Caroline Barring°, and were present at the Philharmonic Concerts. 11 eit Royal Highnesses afterwards returned to Windsor by ti.'" Great Western Railway. His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Colt' manding-in-Chief will hold a levee at one o'clock on Fri a/ next-, The Duke of Newcastle is considerably inapN ved in health, Yesterday hi s grace was a bl e t o t a k e a carrig e airing for nearly two hours. The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland will l ea" &afford House, St. James's, today, for Chiswick gout, The Marchicness of Abercorn, a ccompanied Lord Claud and Lady Georgiana Hamilton, is expecte d arrive at Chesterfield Rouse t o -d a y f rom Paris, where h ladyship and f am ily arr i ve d a t t h e c l ose o f t h e past 0 ° 1 " from Nice. er The Earl and Countess of Yarborough are petted to arrive at their mansion in Arlington-stre et °n Monday nest from Brocklesby-park, Lincolnshire, for the season. The Earl and Countess of Zetland have made arrangements to arrive in town for the season to -day f r°lll Aske Hall, Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of Wilton have gone °II a visit to the Earl and Countess Craven at Coombe Abb t near Coventry, for a few days. The Earl and L a dy C ons t ance G rosven or leap e town to-day to p ass a wee k w i t h t h e D uchess (Dowager) ° f Sutherland at Chi sw i c k, a f ter w hi c h t h ey ta k e u P the ir abode for the season at their residence at Prince's-gat e. , e Toe Earl of Radnor is nut so well as his lar g e circle of triends would w i s h. His i ncreas i ng age beg,in s t tell upon a well regulated life and vigorous constitutio n. DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGI: I ' - ' The Bishop of Peterborough died yesterday et te , r : noon, between 3 and 4 o'clock, at th e P a l ace , Peterborough' last hours of the vene ra bl e p re l a t e were peace ful in the extreme. He was wracked by no 'violent pains, but ch e quietiy and almost with a struggle. Though the i ll/3 ,1 s which proved fatal to the bi eno p was somew h at su ddeni"' d great age, 84, and his increasing infirmities, bad prepar e f the public m i n d tor hi s d ecease . G eorge Davys, .13i611°Pris° Peterborough, gradu a t e d Ch ris t' s C o ll ege , C am b l idge t 16 " - A ' 10th wrangler,and bec a me a f e ll o w. H e su b s ,. qu , ntly benall'" curate of Littlebury; in 1814 of Chesterfield; this latter 00' 4 he held until Dr. Blouifield, the late Bish , p of Land °l3 : was presented to that li v i ng , w h en M r . D av ys ben nu ? - curate of Swaffham Prior; he afterwards removed to siugton, and was appointed tutor to the Princess ifictl' r „ . . it ... :; lle was advanced to the see of Peterborough in lb" In theology the deceased prelate belonged to the gelical section of the Church. He took no part, h° * : ever, in theologic a l con t roversy , an d was lib era l towel' all religious creeds. Of late years his lordship 01 ' dom occupied his seat in the House of Lords ; and in tact, his ambition through life was rather to be good WO; great. In the affectionate regard of his former pupil, 0 % present gracious Queen, th e Bi s h op o f Peterborough he a high place. For many years portraits of the royal larani were annually sen t to th e bi s h o p, an d cost ly to kens of h er Majesty's grat e f u l affection were frequently bestowed 11P°, him. Throughout his diocese his late bishop was universally loved and respected, and his loss will be deeply regretted. THE PRINCESS'S THEATRE, DONNA DIANA. Mr. Westland Marston's admir a ble play, " P °17111 : Diana," has again taken its place in th e bills of til l " theatre, the non-appearance of which, even for the short time that has elapsed since its PT I formance, we cannot but look upon as a manage rs mistake. Amidst the universal approbation of the . press and the public this play was suddenly W itb i , drawn from representation; but whatever reas°- may have led to that step, la e can only say we re o greeted its occurrence, and have now to e%P re ", our gratification at its reproduction—not its " re f vival." The parts of Donna Diana and Don Cf i i ; were again systained_by Mr. and Mrs. Hera:ol3th Vezin, and it is only necessary to say that , these accomplished artistes embodied their resP e t c e tive characters in a manner that left nothing t o to desired, and which gave the utmost gratificatio n . e a the audience. Mr. Ci,:orge Vining also susta ine his ori g inal part of Perin in his best style, atid 3 " lss Rebecca Powell resumed Ler part of the bewite l l a ; little waitieg uoinan on the imperious D °l3 o Diana. At the fah of the curtain the appiall se W u s immense, and in compliance with the nuan ill3 " o call of the house, it was ugain raised, in order Ow the principal performers might publicly aci“ ) ,:d, ledge the applause thei r exer ti on s had eli ci ; d, The house was very fully an d f as hi ona bly attvP' ROYAL LITERARY FUND. TO THE ED. TOR OF THE SUN. p t. 51 1 SIR,—I am directed by the committee of the Literary Fluid to inform you that the paragraph whi,,11%); peers in this day's Athenceum, stating that the Pr it ' Ce ie l Wales will not preside at the annual dinner of the s6c- n May, is incorrect. The error h selldi n g. f , ° :t ias arisen from an inadvertency i_ l t Ot Ansertion an old advertisement of the anniversary of -13 g year, instead of the advertisement prepared fur the ex- 0 celebration. No alteration whatever has Wien pie ce arrangements for the dinner on the 18th of Mel', his Royal Highness the Prince of Wale's w ill preside' am Sir, your obedient servant, OCTAVIAN BLBSCI> 4, Adelphi-terrace, April 16, 1864 THE MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A LlOl tF°u' SURGEON.—The prisoners Price and Scott were 8g art brought before Mr. Raffles, the Liverpool btiPew:ll,gre, magistrate, yesterday. It was stated that Dr. t. although much better, was still unable to attend the ug ly Dr. Rowe's constitution has apparently been. oe r ' cil9 A a shattered, and his recovery must be a matter ,of O we ; application to admit the prisoners to bail was refUEe4"oool ACCIDENTAL POISONINGS . The Li ver ' - borough coroner sat 3'esteidsy for the purpose °t scchty cepting bail for Mr Richard Poole (assistant to Isißee3 " . 0 a and Abraham, pharmaceutical chymists), against.l%' jury on Saturday returned a verdict of IniaLlgaUgliWe. r po ol had caused the death of Mr John Lingard, a lAAin' tradesman, by making up a prescription with stricW:ciaber stead of James's powder. The coroner exhibit ed a u ll— d to of bottles (Thouger's patent), which had becn forwso t• ,. to him that morning, the object of the patent bottlelfl tprevent coroneraccidentalsaidil a p d o i b s e o e n n i ng approvedT he !ao t b t y l e , or Dr. sing rathe r i s te jr; : 0 . a u l whose opinion he concurred. The ordinary disPeun bottlo is sun ounded by sandpaper, and a portion of the dis— covered by the same material, which being felt l y t4a t penser or patent in handling the bottle at once e shoW' ,,t 0 , 3 it contains some dangerous preparation. At the itqu,,jetY Saturday Mr. Bird, a Liverpool chy mist , exhibited ins poison bottles and corks to the jury and to t P''' Air. Di' ds witnesses who had given evidence in the case.that contrivance would seem to be still more effective tkba.u_vin; of Mr Thouger. It consists of a stopper or co " sharp, angular points, which cann ot be removed t. b .:t in , dieting considerable pain upon the hand, wales ‘ penser puts down both the dispensing ghlissing' t'-'.„„ bottle eine bot.tlo. By this contrivance any one u:' would be so distinctly reminded that it cont..ined pL isun that a mistake could not occur even iu the dark.